Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Mine Proprietors, Engineers, Shipbuilders, Scientists, Capitalists ..., Volume 19Perry Fairfax Nursey Knight and Lacey, 1833 - Industrial arts |
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Page 26 - State ; provided the said person bhill particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing...
Page 239 - tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petard: and 't shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines, And blow them at the moon: O, 'tis most sweet, When in one line two crafts directly meet.
Page 156 - If there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two in order, have the same ratio ; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes, the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last. NB This is usually cited by the words "ex sequali,
Page 240 - ... 8. That as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such carriages will cause less wear of roads than coaches drawn by horses. 9. That rates of toll have been imposed on steam carriages which would prohibit their being used on several lines of road, were such charges permitted to remain unaltered.
Page 26 - ... sole working or making of any manner of new manufacture within this realm...
Page 156 - IF there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two, in a cross order, have the same ratio; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last. NB This is usually cited by the words
Page 123 - Treasury, in consequence of which the sum of £100 was awarded from his Majesty's privy purse, and a year or two afterwards a further sum of £50. He had cherished the hope that an annual allowance might be procured, but he was disappointed.
Page 383 - From their experience they deem them of the greatest importance to the wel'are of the state. They are encouraged by the state governments, and all the leading persons of the state. How do the children whom you employ obtain education ? — The manufacturers are always anxious that the children should absent themselves from the manufactory during two or three months of the year to attend the schools. The manufacturers very frequently suggest to the parents the necessity of the children being taken...
Page 187 - ... may be lawful for any person or persons to buy and sell goods and merchandise by any weights or measures, established either by local custom or founded on special agreement ; provided always, that in order that the ratio or proportion which all such measures and weights shall bear to the standard weights and measures established by this act...
Page 110 - ... the possession of a single one. When one of these animals is cut in half, the head or anterior extremity swims away as if nothing had happened, and speedily re-tails itself ; but the tail swims to the bottom, and remains torpid for two or three days, by which time it has formed for itself a head. If a planaria be cut into three pieces, the head will form a new body and tail, the tail a new body and head, and the middle section or body will produce both head and tail. If a quarter be removed by...